Talk of development of the Barwala area of Panchkula which had been listed by HUDA (now HSVP) as one of the areas to be developed as Panchkula extension back in 2007, have resurfaced in the district. A meeting in this regard was held between a District Level Committee and District Town and Planning Committee recently. It was chaired by Haryana Assembly Speaker and Panchkula MLA, Gian Chand Gupta. As per a press statement issued by the administration, The Draft Development Plan 2040 for Barwala was discussed.
As many as 24 new areas, falling on the Panchkula-Barwala highway, had been identified for expansion in 2007, under the extension plan of Panchkula. This project was to be developed as a new “Kot Billah-Alipur integrated township” and was supposed to be spread in an area of 6,767 acres.
